(June 22, 2015 at 8:58 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:Yes, that too.(June 22, 2015 at 8:50 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm the same way, and I have a theory for this.
I think it's because I see humans as being on the top of the food chain, and animals as being weaker. It's like seeing a child suffer verses an adult suffer. They're both horrible, but seeing it happen to a child seems all the more sad because children are weaker, more defenseless, and more innocent than a fully grown person. I feel like we have a certain instinctive duty to protect those weaker than us, and to me, animals fall into that category.
My thinking is similar, but I don't think it's because animals are "weaker", necessarily, rather that is' just hard to communicate with animals. I can ask a person, "what hurts?" With an animal, it's way harder; same with children: their communication skills aren't honed. Some of it has to do with weakness too though, for sure.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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